Laura Frantz is a two-time Christy Award winner and the ECPA bestselling author of nearly twenty books, including The Belle of Chatham, The Indigo Heiress, The Seamstress of Acadie, The Rose and the Thistle, and The Lacemaker. She is the proud mom of an American soldier and a career firefighter. Though she will always call Kentucky home, Laura lives with her husband in Washington State. Learn more at LauraFrantz.net.